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...York Drama Critics Circle award as the best play of the year, Virginia Woolf detonates a shattering three-act marital explosion that, for savage wit and skill, is unparalleled in the recent annals of the U.S. stage. As the embattled couple, Arthur Hill and Uta Hagen enact their roles with magnificent ferocity...
...which has a new sense of its power." The ambiguities of our present situation in international politics, they say, is in many ways a result of our phenomenally rapid transformation from relative obscurity to world leadership. "In every aspect of our national life we have been forced to re-enact in a specific drama the old pattern of humanity, for we have been driven from the garden of Eden and an angel with a flaming sword has barred our return...
...matters of choice. We are free to enjoy the advantages of an educated people and modern scientific and technological advance only because we have chosen to pay for free, compulsory, public education. We are free to live under an orderly and peaceful society only because we have chosen to enact laws that restrict the freedom...
...riches sparked a spurt of building. Mendoza's company grew to dominate the construction-products market. An enlightened businessman. Mendoza realized that what was good for Venezuela was also good for him. In a brief stint as Minister of Development during World War II, he helped enact the laws that formed the basis for the precedent-shattering 50-50 formula that guaranteed Venezuela at least half the profits of the oil companies doing business in the country...
...Grace & Co: the Alliance "in its present size and form cannot succeed." Investors are frightened away by the "unfavorable business climate" in Latin America. Profits are low, risks high. The U.S., continued Grace, should adopt a "carrot-and-stick approach." with grants and loans to encourage Latin Americans to enact laws more hospitable to private investment. The committee recommended greater tax incentives and deductions as a cushion against heavy losses. Even then, concluded Grace, "it is unlikely that normal conditions attractive to foreign capital can be created for a number of years...